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CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: The month of October is coming to a close, by a new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS is just getting started.
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Hello, everyone. I`m Carl Azuz.
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On Friday, we talked about a controversy surrounding the NSA, the U.S. National Security Agency.
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A lot of this goes back to a man named Edward Snowden.
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He was a contractor who worked for the NSA.
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Earlier this year, he leaked information about secret NSA programs.
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Snowden fled to Russia to avoid U.S. prosecution.
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The documents detailed how the U.S. intercepted and collected phone and email data of Americans.
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There`ve also been accusations of spying on foreign leaders.
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White House officials say the surveillance activities are necessary to combat threats against the U.S. and its allies.
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Lisa Monaco is an advisor to President Obama on issues of homeland security and counterterrorism.
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She says the president has ordered a review of government surveillance programs.
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Monaco says, "We want to ensure that we are collecting information because we need it, and not just because we can.
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But meanwhile, some members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans are speaking out against NSA programs.
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They are proposing a law to limit the amount of data that NSA can collect.
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This weekend, a protest outside the U.S. Capitol pushed for the same goal.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Organizers say, this rally is significant because it`s the largest one yet protesting mass surveillance by the NSA.
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And Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who opened up the entire controversy earlier this year, made a contribution to it.
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He provided the statement that was read by a representative at the rally. Take a listen.
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JESSELYN RADACK, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT: We have not forgotten the Fourth Amendment in our Bill of Rights prohibits government
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not only from searching our personal affects without a warrant, but from seizing them, in the first place.
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And doing so in secret.
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Holding to this principle, we declare that mass surveillance has no place in this country.
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RADACK: It is time for a reform.
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Elections are coming and we are vouching you.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now, it`s important to know that these protesters were engaging over the domestic piece of this,
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data collection from the personal devices or private citizens here in the United States.
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Now, Hillary Clinton said in remarks on Friday night that she understands the frustration over this kind of intrusion,
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and thinks there ought to be a bigger conversation about why the United States practices these kinds of techniques.
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Now, on a broader scale, the White House is also facing heat from other countries, especially our allies over surveillance of foreign leaders,
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and they have tried to come tensions over that.
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ANNOUNCER: See if you can I.D. me.
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I`m a geographic feature that covers more than 2 million square miles.
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I`m located in South America.
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And I share my names with one of the longest rivers in the world.
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I`m the Amazon rainforest.
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And I`m home to millions of plant and animal species.
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AZUZ: That includes hundreds of newly discovered species.
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Over the past four years, scientists have been identifying different plants and animals in the Amazon.
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The Worldwide Life Fund just put out a list of 441 new species from there that were unknown to scientists before now.
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The list includes 258 plants, like one with filaments that looked like spaghetti.
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84 fish, 58 amphibians including a for that`s the size of a thumbnail, 22 reptiles, 18 birds and one mammal.
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That would be this little guy. It`s a monkey that scientists say purrs like a cat.
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You`ve also got a piranha (ph), but it`s a herbivore, it refuses to eat meat,
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and these lizards might have colorful heads, but their names come from their shy nature and their tendency to hide under or between rocks.
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Just a few of the Amazon`s incredible examples of biodiversity,
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22 NFL teams took the field yesterday, but those National Football League games didn`t happen in the same nation.
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The San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars headed over to London.
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The teams faced off in Wembley Stadium, home of the England national soccer team.
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This wasn`t the first NFL game in England this year.
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In fact, London`s been hosting American football games since 2007.
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Yesterday, the 49ers got the W beating up on the Jaguars 42 to ten.
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But the NFL is hoping that with this international games, the ultimate winners will be football and its fans outside the U.S.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think that it would work out well here.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It will be pretty cool.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it is possible in future.
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ALEX THOMAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We`ve heard favorable noises from players, coaches and even team owners,
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as the success of the NFL`s international series of games in London points to a full time overseas franchise.
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JOHN YORK, NFL INTERNATIONAL SERIES COMMITTEE: I think it is possible in the future, but I don`t believe that I can predict that future today.
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What can I say is that we`re doing two games this year, and it`s completely sold out.
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THOMAS: Which is why Wembley could be crucial to the NFL`s expansion plans.
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Amid fears that revenues in America are reaching their pick, London is seen as a gateway to an exciting new European market.
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GUR SAMUEL, JOURNALIST, NFL: They don`t see it as 60 million Brits, but all the 400 million Europeans that could be telling its NFL funds.
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When you think of it in terms of the soar of numbers, it`s absolutely easy to understand why they want a presence there.
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THOMAS: One key question is, can an NFL franchise in London sell out Wembley every day?
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In theory, people from all over Europe would come here, but crucially, a team would need to build a loyal fan based locally.
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YORK: If you go back to that first game, the fans came from a very large area, away from London.
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Each game that has gotten tighter and tighter,
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so that almost 80 to 90 percent of fans are from the greater London area,
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which supports the idea that you could do something in the London area.
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THOMAS: Even if there were enough fans, players may not want to move abroad, and the distance to London will be an issue.
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Even the East Coast franchises like the Patriots, Jets, Giants and Dolphins, it`s a long road trip.
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With flights taking up to eight and a quarter hours.
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However, teams in this super rugby competition, have successfully handled far longer distances.
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Cape Town`s Auckland is a flight of more than 17.5 hours.
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COBUS VISAGIE, FORMER SUPER RUGBY PLAYER: It basically is about drinking a lot of fluids on the flights,
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making sure that you sleep at the right time, and I`m sure that all sports, signs, the teams
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that are now consulting into the top sports teams with - basically, you get a team very well prepared for that.
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BLAIR WALSH, MINNESOTA VIKINGS KICKER: I think the travel team we have to be sound - that (ph)be figured out, man.
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Maybe if you make a base in the northeast of the United States or something, but - I think it could work.
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ANNOUNCER: It`s time for "The Shoutout."
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Wendell Scott was the first African-American to win what?
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If you think you know it, then shout it out!
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Was it, NFL MVP, NASCAR premier event, Cy Young Award or Conn Smythe Trophy.
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You`ve got three seconds, go!
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In 1963, Scott became the first African-American to win a NASCAR premier series event.
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That`s your answer and that`s your "Shoutout."
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AZUZ: Wendell Scott was the first African-American to win a race at NASCAR`s top level and for 50 years,
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he was the only African-American to win a national series event.
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That is until this past weekend.
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NASCAR`s World Truck series hit Martinsville speedway on Saturday and that`s where Darrell Wallace Jr. took home the checkered flag.
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Wallace is 20 years old, he is a graduate of NASCAR`s Drive for Diversity program,
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which aims to give minorities opportunities in all aspects of the racing industry.
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NASCAR`s chairman said that Wallace`s win, "will be remembered as a remarkable moment in our sport`s history."
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The driver put it more succinctly on his Twitter account after the race: "We came, we saw, we conquered."
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We`re trying to come up with themes for our "Roll Call" segment.
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Some days it happens, quickly, other times like today, it can be a real bear.
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And that`s the theme, starting with the bears from Manalapan English Town Middle School in New Jersey.
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Next, we`re heading up to Hortonville, Wisconsin, to check in with the polar bears from Hortonville School
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and out in Los Angeles, we`ve got the Kodiaks (ph) from Widney High.
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There you go, a "Roll Call" theme brought to bear.
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There are two skills to master when it comes to eating stone crabs.
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How to crack the crab and how to pick it clean.
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People at this event needed to add a third skill: speed. It`s a stone crab claw eating contest.
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25 claws cracked and consumed as fast as you can.
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There`s one event for teams, one for individuals.
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The solo winner took down the 25 claws in just over 17.5 minutes.
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But hopefully, all the contestants had a good time, so there is no claws for anyone to go home crabby.
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Hey, do you know what one milk crab to the other milk crab when the female crab walked away?
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Shell be back! Those are long way to go.
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Either way, we`ll be back tomorrow with more CNN STUDENT NEWS. See you all then.
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